A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1494-1538
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Tyring, Tiring, Tiryn, vbl. n.1 [17th c. Eng. tyring; Tyr(e v.1] The action or process of becoming exhausted or fatigued. —a1500 Henr. Test. Cress. 210.
This goldin cart … Four ȝokkit steidis … But bait or tyring throw the spheiris drew 1494 Loutfut MS 132a.
The feird way [sc. manner of fighting] is takin of tiring [Lindsay MS tyring and irking] and jerkyn of the membris for striking with the ege a1538 Abell 38a.
Walentynian incurrit a dolor & malancole with tiryn of his life be austerite
